I use photography to record a life lived today. I photograph for posterity, to make a historical record that converses with an uncertain future, from the perspective of experiences and interactions I have during my lifetime. I am a visual storyteller working with photography in a social documentary practice I call Compassionate Photography, a deviation from “Concerned Photography,” a form of social documentary first described in the 1960’s and 70’s by legendary photographer, Cornell Capa. My exhibition practice aims to elevate photography beyond the traditional by involving the imagination of the audience. I utilize playful and novel applications of woodworking, painting, printmaking and theatrics to construct an interactive and conceptual environment, or perspective, from which I want the audience to consider the content of the work. This practice aims to amplify the physical presence of the photograph in an effort to guide the audience’s attention into the substance of the imagery in order to ask them to question their positionality and beliefs about the subject matter.